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US 12,479,686 B2Granted
Automatic tape dispensing system
OwnerTodd Sternberg, Nobuhiro Tsuchiyainventors
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Abstract
An automatic tape dispenser including a controller, a reel for supporting tape roll thereon, and a feed system configured to receive the tape and peel the tape from the tape roll. The system further includes a sensor communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the sensor is operable to detect a characteristic of the tape such that in response to detecting the characteristic, an operation of the feed system is adjusted.
Claims22
An automatic tape dispenser comprising:
- a controller;
- a reel for supporting a tape roll thereon;
- a track, the reel movable along the track between a first end of the track and a second end of the track in response to tape being dispensed from the dispenser;
- and
- a sensor communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the sensor is operable to detect a characteristic of the tape such that in response to detecting the characteristic, a speed of a feed system is adjusted.
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An automatic tape dispensing system comprising:
- a feed system having a plurality of rollers, the feed system configured for peeling a tape from a tape roll and dispensing the tape from the dispensing system;
- a reel for supporting the tape thereon, the reel having an axis;
- a deck for supporting the tape roll thereon;
- a track supporting the reel, the reel movable along the track such that in response to tape being dispensed from the dispensing system, the axis moves in a direction closer to the deck;
- and
- wherein the deck exerts a normal force in a direction perpendicular to a point where the tape roll contacts the deck in order to maintain a desired tension on the tape roll.
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An automatic tape dispenser comprising:
- a controller;
- a reel for supporting a tape roll thereon;
- a feed system, the feed system comprising a push roller and a plurality of feed rollers to peel and receive tape from a tape roll;
- a sensor communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the sensor is operable to detect a characteristic of the tape such that in response to detecting the characteristic, an operation of the feed system is adjusted;
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- a track, at least a portion of the track having an arcuate path, the reel movable along the arcuate path between a first end of the track and a second end of the track in response to the tape being dispensed from the dispenser;
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- wherein a deck exerts a normal force in a direction perpendicular to a point where the tape roll contacts the deck.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.